top of page

Furano Now: Friday 10th January 2014

  • Jan 10, 2014
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido


New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 259cm

Posted on Friday 10th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.


If you feel the winter chill when you step from the inside to outdoors you will not be alone. Temperatures today are well into the double negatives, with -12c in the village. There has been a nice little accumulation of 5cm of fresh snow overnight and it is snowing lightly at the moment.


All lifts are operating and the mountain has been extensively groomed.


Judging by the queues for the first lift there wont be many on the mountain for the early morning first tracks.


Operating lifts:


Kitanomine Gondola 9:00am-3:00pm

Kitanomine high speed quad 8:30am-20:00pm

Kitanomine 2 chair 8:45am-3:20pm

Link Lift 9:00am-15:20pm

Furano Ropeway 8:30am-3:20pm

Furano Downhill Swift Lift 1 9:00-8:00pm

Downhill Romance 2 chair 8:45am-3:20pm

Downhill Romance 3 chair 9:00am-3:20pm

Prince Romance 8:30am - 4:00pm



Furano Now 2013-2014 season

Data as of Friday 10th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 259cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th and 16th December) November 2013 snowfall 30cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 155cm reported on 13 days January 2014 snowfall 74cm reported on 9 days




All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Furano. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.


SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for.



bottom of page